Day 7 of the 30 Days, 30 Soups Project
melissa2026-08-19T07:28:44-06:00OK, not technically soup, but a necessary element for all soups: Stock. Every once in awhile you may run out of stock and do not have time to make some. Here are 3 quick "stock"
March Is Nutrition Month
melissa2026-08-19T06:43:35-06:00Looking forward to spring and all of the wonderful produce that it brings, I cannot think of a better month for nutrition month. And to celebrate, we are kicking off the month with...rhubarb? Yes, rhubarb!
Day 29 of the 30 Soups, 30 Days Project
melissa2026-08-19T04:09:48-06:00Hopefully you have been treating yourself well this new year. If you have not, consider a spa day at home...use that refined sugar as a body scrub! And when you are all smooth and relaxed,
The Humble Collard Green
melissa2026-08-19T03:45:31-06:00Today we have a beautiful rain storm here and we are so happy for it. And since the trees still have their winter look, a warm dish for dinner is the plan. A few years
New Year, New You?
melissa2026-08-19T02:53:22-06:00Happy New Year! Many times, we start the new year by making resolutions for a new and improved version of ourselves – a Melissa 5.0 in my case. But maybe we do not really want
If You Stop Thinking Of Exercise As A Way To Lose Weight, You May Actually Enjoy It
melissa2026-08-19T02:36:45-06:00For years, I thought of exercise in terms of calories in and calories out: Eat too much pizza on Saturday night, take an extra spin class. Skip an hourlong run, skip a bagel the next
Day 20 of the 30 Soups, 30 Days Project
melissa2026-08-19T00:39:42-06:00Perfect for a winter game day: Seared Broccoli and Potato Soup
Exercise is more than a walk in the park…
melissa2026-08-19T00:27:21-06:00…and this is great news as it gives us so many opportunities for adding movement to our lives. I hope you like the following suggestions and look forward to your great ideas for fitting in
Learn to love exercise again
melissa2026-08-18T23:18:14-06:00This is an excellent article on why exercise is necessary for health and a reminder of how easy and fun it can be to fit into our day: Link here
March Is Nutrition Month #2 Post
melissa2026-08-18T20:22:21-06:00Good nutrition is more than eating well. It is also ensuring that we eat and live clean. By this I mean we need to buy clean produce and ingredients for our cooking and clean products